Krim nanny Yoselyn Ortega pleads not guilty from hospital bed

A woman leaves flowers at the building where two Krim children were stabbed to death on October 25, 2012, in New York City. Their nanny, 50-year-old Yoselyn Ortega, pleaded not guilty to murder charges on November 28, 2012.

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Spencer Platt

Yoselyn Ortega, the 50-year-old nanny accused of killing the two young Krim children, pleaded not guilty this morning in New York City.

Handcuffed to her hospital bed, Ortega’s lawyer entered the plea during a rare court proceeding held inside New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, according to Reuters account of a pool report from the hearing.

Ortega faces first- and second-degree murder charges in the deaths of 6-year-old Lucia (Lulu) and Leo Krim, who was days from celebrating his second birthday when he died.

The nanny remains hospitalized recovering from self-inflicted stab wounds following the October 25 incident inside the Krim’s posh Upper West Side apartment.

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